Academic Staff
Macquarie Law School
Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW, 2109
Australia
tel: +61-2-9850 7042
fax: +61-2-9850 7686
email: michael.jeffery@mq.edu.au
location: W3A 444
Michael Jeffery, QC
BA, LLB (Tor), LLM (York, Canada)
Professor
Director, Centre for Environmental Law
Teaching Responsibilities 2008
LAW852/816 Trade and Environment Law
LAW 510/811/855 Environmental Law and Sustainable Development
LAW806/860 International Environmental Law
LAW878/879 Environmental Law and Policy Clinic
LAW810/863/864 Legal Research Dissertations
Research Interests:
Climate Change; Environmental Governance and Environmental Decision-Making; Bioprospecting and Biotechnology Regulation; Governance of Protected Areas; Environmental Impact Assessment; Water Law and Ocean Governance; Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights; Trade and Environment; Trial Advocacy
Recent Publications:
'Biodiversity Conservation In The Context Of Sustainable Human Development: A Call To Action' in Michael I. Jeffery, Jeremy Firestone, Karen Bubna-Litic (eds) Cambridge University Press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, 2008.
'Using a Legally Enforceable Knowledge Trust Doctrine to Fulfil the Moral Obligation to Protect Indigenous Secrets (co-authored with Paul Martin), (2007) 11 NZJEL at p.1
'Environmental Imperatives in a Globalised World: The Ecological Impact of Liberalising Trade' 7 MqLJ at p.25
'Environmental Impact Assessment: Addressing the Major Weaknesses’
in Nathalie J. Chalifour, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Lin Heng Lye, John R. Nolon
(eds), Land Use Law for Sustainable Development, Cambridge University
Press
Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São
Paulo, 2007.
'An Overview of Selected International Legal Frameworks for Conservation
of Biodiversity in the DMZ"’, presented at the 2005 Ecocity International
Symposium "DMZ: Conservation and Sustainable Management of the DMZ
and Surrounding Areas", Seoul, Republic of Korea, December 7, 2005;
published in book form in both English and Korean languages, available from
The Korean Federation for Environmental Movement - Friends of the Earth
Korea (http://english.kfem.or.kr).